Chap. Xxxvii} 1775. June. |
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I rely confidently on that Providence, which
has heretofore preserved and been bountiful to me.’
His acceptance at once changed the aspect of June.
affairs. John Adams, looking with complacency upon ‘the modest and virtuous, the amiable, generous, and brave general,’ as the choice of Massachusetts, said: ‘This appointment will have a great effect in cementing the union of these colonies.’
‘The general is one of the most important characters of the world; upon him depend the liberties of America.’
All hearts turned with affection towards Washington.
This is he who was raised up to be not the head of a party, but the father of his country.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860.
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